Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families move loved ones from Wellstar hospitals into the right assisted living, memory care, rehab, or personal care home — often within 24 to 72 hours of discharge. Free to families.
Serving all Wellstar campuses: Kennestone (Marietta), North Fulton (Roswell), Cobb (Austell), Douglas, Paulding, Windy Hill, Spalding, and West Georgia.
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When a loved one is being discharged from a Wellstar hospital and can't safely return home, families often have less than 72 hours to make a life-changing care decision. Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families identify, tour, and move into the right senior living or short-term rehab community — often within 24 to 72 hours of a Wellstar discharge.
Wellstar Health System is one of Georgia's largest and most integrated not-for-profit health systems, with 9+ hospitals and more than 300 medical office locations across Metro Atlanta and West Georgia. Its flagship Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta is one of Georgia's busiest hospitals, and Wellstar North Fulton in Roswell serves the entire North Fulton corridor. Every day, Wellstar case managers coordinate hundreds of transitions from its Cobb, Fulton, Douglas, and Paulding campuses to skilled nursing, rehab, assisted living, and memory care.
Wellstar patients often present after high-acuity events — stroke, cardiac surgery, trauma, or major orthopedic procedures. Placing a loved one in a community that can't handle their post-op needs is one of the top drivers of 30-day hospital readmission. Choosing the right receiving community protects the recovery Wellstar's clinicians worked to achieve.
From the moment a Wellstar case manager flags a patient as 'discharge pending,' families typically have 24 to 72 hours to identify a receiving community, complete a nursing assessment, transfer records, and coordinate transportation. Altuvo has walked hundreds of Atlanta families through this exact window.
Wellstar's case managers and social workers are excellent at coordinating the clinical handoff — they'll confirm the receiving facility, send records, and arrange non-emergency medical transport. What Wellstar cannot do is tour communities with your family, negotiate pricing, or advocate for your loved one's lifestyle preferences. That's where Altuvo fills the gap.
Altuvo works alongside your Wellstar care team. We take the Face Sheet and clinical summary, match your loved one to 3-5 pre-vetted communities that accept their acuity level, arrange same-day tours (virtual or in-person), and coordinate the move-in logistics so your family can focus on recovery.
For patients who need 20-100 days of Medicare-covered physical, occupational, or speech therapy. Common after strokes, cardiac surgery, hip fractures, or joint replacements at Wellstar Kennestone or North Fulton.
For seniors who no longer need skilled nursing but can't safely manage medications, bathing, or meals independently. A common step-down from a Wellstar inpatient stay when home is no longer safe.
Secure, specialized communities for patients discharged with a new or progressing diagnosis of Alzheimer's, dementia, or hospital-related delirium — often first identified during a Wellstar admission.
Smaller residential settings that offer a home-like environment with a higher caregiver-to-resident ratio. Often the right fit for a Wellstar discharge patient who needs more one-on-one attention.
Post-discharge senior care costs vary by acuity and setting. Here's what Wellstar-area families typically see:
Assisted living: $3,800–$7,000/mo. Memory care: $5,000–$8,500/mo. Short-term rehab is often covered by Medicare Part A for the first 20 days (100%) and days 21-100 with a daily copay. After 100 days, families transition to private pay assisted living, long-term care insurance, or Medicaid.
Georgia offers two Medicaid waivers that can help cover long-term senior care costs: the Community Care Services Program (CCSP) and SOURCE. Neither pays for room and board in assisted living, but both can cover personal care services for eligible seniors. Altuvo can connect your family with Georgia elder law attorneys and Medicaid planners who specialize in these programs.
For urgent Wellstar discharges, Altuvo can typically identify 3-5 matched communities within 4-6 hours and arrange tours or move-in within 24-72 hours, depending on your loved one's acuity level and required assessments.
No. Wellstar case managers provide a list of licensed options in the area but cannot recommend a specific community, negotiate on your behalf, or tour with you. Altuvo is an independent placement service that works alongside your Wellstar care team to fill that gap — at no cost to families.
Medicare does not cover long-term assisted living or memory care. It does cover up to 100 days of short-term rehab in a skilled nursing facility after a qualifying 3-day inpatient hospital stay. Altuvo helps families understand the transition from Medicare-covered rehab to private-pay senior living.
Altuvo serves families being discharged from every Wellstar campus. We have deep knowledge of communities across Cobb, Fulton, Douglas, and Paulding counties — matching your loved one to a community close to family and their preferred Wellstar physicians.
Nothing. Altuvo's placement services are 100% free to families. Communities compensate us when we successfully place a resident, which means our advocacy is aligned with finding the right fit — not the fastest sale.
Yes. Beyond placement, Altuvo coordinates the logistics — arranging non-emergency medical transport, ensuring medications and records transfer, and briefing the receiving community on your loved one's Wellstar care plan.